Prevention Support for People Leaving Jail
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Hepatitis C
- HIV Infections
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial
- Substance Use Disorders
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: The Mobile Enhanced Prevention Support (MEPS) intervention is designed to support, motivate, and facilitate engagement in preventive health care activities in the period of community reentry following jail. Three components: support from a selected Peer Mentor (PM), incentives, and a developed mobile application. Client-driven approach, in which participants are encouraged to address priorities and immediate needs for that they identify a client-centered needs assessment, prioritization, and wellness planning process, especially social determinants of health that may discourage or undermine preventive health measures.Masking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Prevention
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 49 years
- Gender
- Only males
Description
The investigators will enroll 300 people in jail or within 6 months post-release from incarceration. During the trial, half of participants will be randomized into a control group that will receive usual care consistent with the facility in which they live, along with referrals customized to their n...
The investigators will enroll 300 people in jail or within 6 months post-release from incarceration. During the trial, half of participants will be randomized into a control group that will receive usual care consistent with the facility in which they live, along with referrals customized to their needs and preferences to share with a case manager. They will be compared to the other half of participants randomized to the intervention group that, in addition to receiving customized referral sources, will also receive the GeoPassport App, incentives, and the support of a trained Peer Mentor for six months. The GeoPassport App will provide participants with tools for tracking goals and progress toward meeting them, assistance in locating services, appointment and medication reminders, opportunities to provide feedback on service providers, and built-in tracking and distribution of rewards (incentives) for service utilization. GeoPassport will assist Peer Mentors in monitoring participants' service utilization. The Peer Mentors will provide encouragement, role modeling, accompaniment to appointments, and assistance with goal setting, problem-solving, and reducing logistical and psychosocial barriers to service engagement. The intervention can be delivered in person or remotely in order to comply with necessary social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants in both groups will be followed to assess whether those offered the intervention are more likely to meet the specific prevention targets described in the Specific Aims. The intervention lasts 6 months following departure from jail or residential recovery facility. Participants are interviewed at 3, 6, and 9 months from the same point as the intervention.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04036396
- Collaborators
- Los Angeles Centers For Alcohol and Drug Abuse
- Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
- California HIV/AIDS Research Program
- Friends Research Institute, Inc.
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Nina T Harawa, PhD University of California, Los Angeles
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